DCA Airport Code: Washington Airport IATA & ICAO

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is stored for Washington, United States. ICAO KDCA. Timezone America/New_York. This page does not list live flights, fares or terminals.

Overview

DCA is the IATA airport code stored in this dataset for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, United States (US). The matching ICAO identifier is KDCA. Travel agents see DCA on tickets, baggage tags, and GDS segment city pairs (six letters, for example DCALHR when the other airport is London Heathrow). ICAO KDCA is used in flight plans and ATC, not as the two-or-three-character GDS city-pair token. The IANA timezone recorded for local GDS times at this airport is America/New_York. This code page explains how DCA is used in PNR text. It is not a live departures board. Terminal maps, contact phone numbers, lounge lists, and published flight schedules are not available in this dataset and are not invented here. Nearby airports stored for United States: JFK (New York), EWR (Newark), LGA (New York), LAX (Los Angeles), SFO (San Francisco). Related IATA city code in this dataset: WAS. To turn a booked PNR that contains DCA into a customer itinerary, paste the cryptic text into the PNR parser.

How to use this page

Confirm the three-letter token on the ticket or PNR is DCA, not a similar code.
Open the PNR parser and paste the full itinerary that contains DCA.
Convert and check that city and timezone match this record.
Use the airport-code page if you only need IATA versus ICAO for DCA.
Do not copy terminal or lounge claims from other websites onto this page. They are not stored here.

Example

Example GDS segment using this airport as origin: 2 AI 101 J 12OCT 1 DCALHR HK1 0945 1510 12OCT E The parser should read DCA as departure. Times 0945/1510 are local as printed, not converted to your PC clock. If DCA is missing from the dataset, city and timezone enrichment stay empty rather than guessed.

FAQs

What is the DCA airport code?

DCA is the IATA code stored for Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, United States.

What does DCA stand for?

In this dataset DCA identifies Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. IATA codes are location identifiers, not always acronyms of the city name.

What is the ICAO code for DCA?

This dataset lists KDCA as the ICAO designator.

Is DCA the same as KDCA?

No. DCA is IATA (tickets and GDS city pairs). KDCA is ICAO (flight plans).

Where is DCA airport?

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is stored as Washington, United States (US).

What timezone is DCA?

America/New_York is the IANA zone stored for local GDS time context. DST rules follow that zone.

Which terminals does DCA use?

Terminal information is not available in this dataset.

How do travel agents use DCA in a PNR?

Segment city pairs include DCA as origin or destination, for example DCALHR. Paste the PNR into the parser to build a clean itinerary.

Are there other airports near Washington?

In this dataset, other United States airports include JFK (New York), EWR (Newark), LGA (New York), LAX (Los Angeles), SFO (San Francisco).

Can I look up live flights from DCA?

Not on this page. This product parses booked PNR text; it does not query airline schedules.

Is DCA a city code or an airport code?

DCA is the airport. The city code stored for this metro is WAS.

How often is DCA data updated?

When the stored catalog row changes. Last page template update: 17 Aug 2026. Unverified operational claims are omitted.